Stanford Entrepreneurship Network Members

Stanford University groups belonging to SEN:

Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES)
Biodesign (BDN)
Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES)
Center for Social Innovation (CSI)
Graduate Program in Journalism: New Media Entrepreneurship
GSB Entrepreneur Club (GSB E-Club)
Office of Technology Licensing
Product Realization Network (PRN)
School of Medicine Career Center (SoMCC)
Society for Entrepreneurship in Latin America (SELA)
Stanford Law & Technology Association (SLATA)
Stanford Digital Vision Program
Stanford Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE)
Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
Stanford Venture Capital Club (SVCC)
Woods Institute for the Environment

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Graduate School of Business:

Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES)
Founded in 1996 at the Stanford GSB, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES) seeks to build an understanding of the issues faced by entrepreneurial companies and individuals. It focuses on research, curriculum development, and student programs in the areas of entrepreneurship and venture capital, as well as supporting those engaged in entrepreneurial pursuits within the broader GSB community.
Linda Wells: Executive Director
Lisa Sweeney: Associate Director

Center for Social Innovation(CSI)
As an institution, the Stanford Graduate School of Business believes that business schools have a responsibility to teach students to be innovative, principled, and insightful leaders who can change the world. As such, the Center represents a cornerstone of the School's multidisciplinary approach to management and leadership education.
Regina Ridley: Publishing Director, Stanford Social Innovation Review

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School of Engineering:

Stanford Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The Stanford Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) strives to provide academic, professional and community support to the engineering community on campus, particularly EE and CS members. Throughout the year, Stanford IEEE hosts tech talks, academic talks, course awards, mentorship program, Student Initiated Course (hands-on electronics), BBQs, community service events and publishing of Stanford EECS Research Journal (ECJ) to serve the technical community.
Ian Wong : President

Product Realization Network (PRN)
The Product Realization Network will enrich the product realization education for Stanford students through immersive experiences with the manufacturing and design world.
John Aney : Executive Director

Stanford Technology Ventures Program
The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is the entrepreneurship center within the School of Engineering at Stanford University. The program offers courses, conferences, internships, web sites and research activities designed to promote entrepreneurship education. The STVP mission is to build a world-class center dedicated to accelerating high technology entrepreneurship research and education for engineers and scientists worldwide.

Tina Seelig : Executive Director
Belén M Torres-Gil : Program Coordinator

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Multidisciplinary:

Biodesign
Biodesign provides training and support for faculty and students with an interest in biomedical technology innovation and entrepreneurship. We provide resources for technology transfer including education, advocacy and mentoring to faculty and students who wish to bring their innovations forward through the university to be developed into commercialized healthcare products. We also provide connections to the professional communities that specialize in biomedical technology, such as investors (angel, venture capital and institutional), med tech equipment manufacturers, and attorneys who specialize in intellectual property and new venture formation. We offer courses, fellowships, events, career services and other resources to our constituency.
Christine Kurihara

Stanford Digital Vision Program
H-STAR is a crossroads for people, expertise, projects and programs that connect Stanford resources in human sciences with research and innovation about information technology
Stuart Gannes: Director, Digital Vision Program
Neerja Raman:

Woods Institute for the Environment
Environmental Venture Projects (EVP) provide seed funding to Stanford faculty for interdisciplinary research leading to sustainable solutions to global environmental challenges. Each year, the Woods Institute awards EVP grants that address a wide range of sustainability issues, from endangered species in California to clean water in Africa. More info (http://woods.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/evp.php)

The Energy Seminar at Stanford examines a wide range of energy issues and is open to the Stanford community. Held weekly, topics cover energy technologies and the ability to scale up, policy choices to reduce greenhouse emissions, and the transition to a low-carbon energy future. The seminar brings entrepreneurs, academic researchers, and representatives from government, non-governmental organizations and industry to Stanford weekly throughout the academic year. The Energy Seminar is run by the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Precourt Institute for Energy, and sponsored by Chevron. More information (https://www.stanford.edu/dept/woods/cgi-bin/seminars.php?eventid=energy).

Mel Lane Student Program Grants provide Stanford environmental student groups with seed project-based funding with an educational and/or communications focus. To be considered, proposals must offer broad university relevance and involvement and focus on solutions to environmental challenges. The awards honor environmental leader Mel Lane. More info (https://www.stanford.edu/dept/woods/students/projects.html--note)

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Media:

Graduate Program in Journalism: Digital Media at Stanford
The disruptive nature of the Internet has profoundly impacted the news industry and changed the media landscape. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford's Journalism Program sponsors an initiative in digital journalism designed to explore the ramifications of these changes on the news industry, schooling students in "old media" values and "new media" technology and skills. The program offers a range of courses designed to the impact of this new digital world on the First Amendment, Business and Technology, Entrepreneurial Ventures in Digital Media, Business and Technology.

140/240 Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Grimes (5/4) Thu 3:15-6:05 pm


Primarily for graduate journalism and computer science students. Silicon Valley's new media culture, digital storytelling skills and techniques, web-based skills, and entrepreneurial ventures. Guest speakers.

117/217 Digital Journalism, Rheingold (5/4) Tue 2:15-5:05pm
Seminar and practicum. The implications of new media for journalists. Professional and social issues related to the web as a case of new media deployment, as a story, as a research and reporting tool, and as a publishing channel. Prerequisite: Journalism M.A. student or consent of instructor.

Ann Grimes: Director, Graduate Program in Journalism

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Technology Transfer:

Office of Technology Licensing(OTL)
The mission of Stanford University's Office of Technology Licensing (OTL) is to promote the transfer of Stanford technology for society's use and benefit while generating unrestricted income to support research and education. OTL manages Stanford's portfolio of intellectual property assets and serves as a source of information and advice on issues or questions related to intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark) from any member of the Stanford community (faculty, staff, students).
Linda Chao: Senior Associate
Kirsten Leute: Senior Associate
Jon Sandelin: Staff Emeritus

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School of Medicine:

School of Medicine Career Center:
Entrepreneurship is a viable and appealing career pathway for many of Stanford's medical and life science trainees, both current and former. The SoMCC supports the propagation of entrepreneurial opportunities and the advancement of worthy business concepts and plans through;
(a) engagement with start-up companies;
(b) outreach to leading outfits and agents within the sectors; and
(c) through direct consultation/guidance to trainees regarding entrepreneurial considerations and opportunities.
Suzanne Frasca: Program Coordinator

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Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies:

Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE)
SPRIE is an international, interdisciplinary research program that advances the understanding and practice of innovation and entrepreneurship in the world's leading regions, including Silicon Valley, Hsinchu, Bangalore, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore and others. Collaborating with more than 70 scholars in 7 countries, SPRIE is actively engaged in joint research, publications, conferences, briefings and executive education with widespread implications for leaders in academia, business, and government.
Marguerite Hancock: Associate Director
George Krompacky: Program Coordinator

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Student Groups:

Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society (ASES)
ASES, the largest student run entrepreneurship organization in the Asia-Pacific, was founded in 2000 by a group Stanford University engineering students. Their desire was to foster entrepreneurship in Asia while bridging the cultural gaps between countries in the Asia-Pacific and the US . Ultimately, they hoped to build a world wide entrepreneurship network with a focus on the Asia Pacific. Today, ASES has chapters in 10 different countries and more than 15 different universities. ASES' Stanford Chapter, hosts speaker series events, a week long international entrepreneurship conference, venture capital speed dating (part of e-week), mentorship, and alumni programs.
Yesul Myung

Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES)
BASES, one of the largest student entrepreneur organizations in the United States, is a non-profit, student-run organization founded in 1996 by a group of five Stanford University engineering students. They looked to gain top-level business advice and experience from industry leaders in the high-tech world, including high-profile CEOs, engineers, and prominent venture capitalists. Today, BASES has evolved to include undergraduate and graduate students along with faculty members from all schools at Stanford, including Business, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Humanities and Science. One of BASES’ initiatives is to help strengthen entrepreneurship collaboration at Stanford by working with a variety of student groups across campus.
Heesun Lho
Eli Rabek

GSB Entrepreneur Club (GSB E-Club)
The GSB Entrepreneur Club serves to link business school and other students who are interested in entrepreneurial activities with other like-minded individuals, while furthering an entrepreneurial mindset that is critical to business success today.
Alberto Nanes

Society for Entrepreneurship in Latin America (SELA)
SELA is a student organization focused on creating and educating a network of entrepreneurs in Latin America. They have several entrepreneurship programs planned for this year including a weeklong spring summit where the top students from Latin American universities are invited to participate.
Jesus O. Gonzalez
Jeff Garcia

Stanford Law & Technology Association (SLATA)
For over 20 years, the Stanford Law & Technology Association (SLATA)
has brought together those interested in law and technology through speaker series, panels, and community activities. SLATA also promotes new uses of technology to improve the lives of students.
Mamei Sun

Stanford Venture Capital Club (SVCC)
The Stanford Venture Capital Club is a research-focused student organization aimed at helping students learn about venture capital, both as an industry and as a process. This organization engages in an ongoing series of research projects in the areas of business, economics, and entrepreneurship.
Alex Wu